Door-opener.



P. J. BARRETT.

DOOR OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 28, 1915.

1 1 77,47 1 I Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

P. J. BARRETT.

DOOR OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.28. 1915.

1 1 77,47 1 Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Momma nnirn n STATES PATENT? onFioE; i

PATRICK J. BARRETT, or YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR or oirn-roun'rir To enonen J. BURNS, onnrounrn J. scANLoN.

To all whom it may concern i Be it known that I, PATRICK J. BARRETna citizen of the United States, residing at Youngstown, in the county of -Mahon 1ng and State of Ohio, havev invented certain.

new and useful Improvementsi'vin Door- Openers, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to doorropeners,"

and more particularly to a device-of this character especially adaptedto automati cally open and close an automobile door.

Primarily, the invention contemplates a novel and practical device that both unlatches the door and swings the same to an,

open, position and which may be easily controlled by the driver of the carthrough the medium of a foot lever and novel interme-.

diate connections. -Furthermore,while providing means for automatically unlatching and opening the door, the inventionalso permits the same to beopened by hand in the ordinary way, if desired.

A further object of the invention-is to provide .a simple and substantial construetionithat is positive and reliable in its ac' tion, and which is easy and convenient to operate.

\Vith the above and other objects in :view: which will more readily appearvas the naturev present invention applied thereto. l Fig. 2 is.

a bottom plan view of the construction shown .in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the entire mechanism forming'the subject of the invention.

Similar reference characters designate corresponding. parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

In the embodimentv disclosed in the accompanying drawings, it will be observed that:

the door actuating instrumentalities are To ROBERTAU. CANTW'ELIQ'AND onn-roun'rn TO BATRIQKV' noon-ornnnn. V

c r P en Patented Mar-28,1916. Application fiIedApri128, 1915. Seria1 No.24,582.

preferably arranged on the underside of the floor A of' the car body B, and essentially 1 ating bar in its-normal position.

For the purpose; of actuating the bar 1-, there s preferably arranged at the front: of

the car, adjacent the drivers seat, a bar shifting device designated in its entirety by retracting. body,"

the reference 4. This device includes a main operating bell crank 5 pivotallysusp'ended from the'underside of the car. bodyby means of a bracket 6- and .having .one'arm. thereof connected, as at .7, with the main operating bar 1-. -The other arm ofthe said bellcrank 5 is pivotally'connected, as at 8, to a'foot lever 9 projectingthrough an opening 10in the floor A of the car, and having a foot pedal 11. It will be apparent that the main;

operating bar 1 is shifted by'the movement of the foot-operated bell crank 5, and to facilitate holding the operating bar, and its attached parts,.in the position theyl'assume" upon thedepression of theIfoot lever 9, the latter may be provided in one side thereof with a holding notch 12 engaging one edge of the opening 10. v

The end of the main operating bar '1. adjacent the spring 2 is pivotally connected. as at 13 with an intermediate bell crank lever 14 pivotally secured to the undersideof the car body by the central pivot 15. v This lever 14 isjoined as at 16 with a link member 17 which loosely receives one end 18 of the crank portion 19 of a door control rod 20.

' V The door control rod 20 is carriedf'by, the

door D, and is provided at its upper end with'an angularly disposed arm'member 21 connecting with link 22 of the door un- This, door unlatching means essentially comprises a sliding bolth latching means.

23havingthe usual latch portion at one end and a button head 24 at the other end, which is slidably engaged by a rectangular frame member 25, that is also connected with the link 22. For the purpose of maintaining the sliding bolt 23- in'its normal position, a spring 26 is interposed betweenone end of the rectangular frame 25 and the latch end of the bolt.

The foregoing H features. of construction more particularly relate to the automatic means for unlatching the door prior to its opening. However, to provide for openlng thedoor inthe usual manner by hand, a

lever 27 is preferably pivoted to the door as at 28 and connected with the sliding bolt.

23 in such manner that the handle 29 thereof which projects above the, top of the door may be conveniently.manipulated the ordinary way to Withdraw. the latch end of the bolt from the keeper in the door case. When the latch is thus operated, itwill be understood that thebutton head 24- will reciprocate within the rectangular frame 25,

against the'tension of the spring 2, and in so .doing will impart alateral movement to the linkmember 17 through the medium of .the bell crank 14. This lateral movement of the linkmember 17 will rotate the door control rod 20. because of its connection with. the crank portion 19 thereof, thus swinging the arm member 21 so that it will exert a pull upon the link22 and move the frame 25 in the direction ofthe arrow in Fig. 3 to withdraw the latch end of the sliding bolt 23 from its keeper in thedoor case. To prevent the rod 20 from rotating further after it has effected the release of the latch a stop lug 19 may be attached to the inside of the door D. It will thus be apparent that the initialmovement of the main operating bar.

1 and its various connections'with= therod 20 serves to unlatch the door. Upon a continued movement of the main operating bar, a further lateral movement will be imparted to the link 17, and since the crank portion 19 will strike against the abutment 19", .the door D will be. forced outward The door maybe held in its open-position by the notch '12 on the lever 9 engaging with V theiedge of the opening 10. When it is desired to close the door automatically, it is only necessary to release the lever9 from its engagement with the edge of the opening 10, and the spring-2 will exert sufficient force to automatically close the door, and

theparts are returned 'totheir normal positionready for the next operation.

Vhile for thesake of clearness and simplicity only one door is shown as being connected with the door opening mechanism, it will of course be understood that the connections between themain operatingbar.

It will be observed that whenthe.

1 and the door opening. rod may be duplicated on the opposite side of the bar to open the opposite door.

From 1the foregoing; description," it: is thought that the many features. and advantages of the inventionwill be readily-apparent,' and it will of course be understood that minor details of Fconstructibn may be resorted, to without departing; from the: spirit ofthe invention or sacrificinganyad+ vantages of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A door'opener including in combination with the 'door and its latch, a main=op erating bar'havinga spring atone end for retaining the same in normal position; a

foot actuated bell crank -pivotally connected} to the other end of'said'bar'and adapted ,to'

move the same longitudinally, a door open? 111g rod htIVlIlgilIl operative connection with saidlatch atits "upper-end, and a. crank' POI'tIOII at its lower end, and extensible connections between theimain operating rod comprising a bell crank havingyone end.

pivotally connected with the bar, anda link? havingone end pivotallyconnected with the: I bell crank, and the other end =looselygcon.-.

nectedfwith the crank portion of the door operating rod. 5

2. A door openenlncluding in combination with thedoor and its latch, a spring; held main operating bar, a foot actuated bell crank lever for longitudinally moving; said bar, a door-opening:rodioperatively connected with-the'latch: at its upper end,

and having an angular crank portion atgits 1 lower end, and extensibleconnections-com prising abell cranklever and a link operating; in ahorizontal plane for connecting said bar and crank portiongof the door opening rodl I i 3. A dooropener including combina tion with a door and its latch, a mainlopcrating element comprising a longitudinally shift-able operating bar connected at one end with a spring for retaining the same in nor-s mal positionand connected at its other end with a foot :lever operating device, and a vertically arranged door openingyrod having a crank portion atone end and anarm member at 1ts other end, meansfor releasingsaid latch connected Withthe arm member of said opening rod, and extensible lever connectionsoperating in a horizontal plane between said main; operating bar. and

the crank. portion. of the door openingrod. 1. A door opener includingin combina tion with a door and its latch, -a main longi tudinally shiftable operating bar connected at onelend with a spring, means for. operating said bar'including a bell crank,.xandi a foot lever. connected" with;. said; bell crank, and a vertically arranged door open ingrod having a crank portionrat one end. and an angularlydisposed arm member: at.

the other, means controlled by said door In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my opening rod for releasing the latch on the signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

door, and extensible lever connections oper- PATRICK J. BARRETT. ating in a horizontal plane between said Witnesses: f

5 main operating bar and the crank portion AGNES A. JOHNSTON,

of the door opening rod. DAVID STEINER.

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